Abstract Societal impact of academic research has become a central concern of contemporary science policies. As key players in the higher education sector, universities play a crucial role in translating policy into organizational strategies, which then have the potential to shape academics’ practices. This article investigates the influence that universities may have on academics’ impact practices. We employ an analytical framework that combines a novel method for studying university impact strategies, sense-making theory, and insights from literature on impact. Our data consist of interviews with sixteen philosophers and anthropologists working across four universities in the Netherlands and the UK. We find that, in response to organizational goals and Human Resource Management policies, academics report changing their impact practices. We call for universities to use their influence responsibly in order to enable a broad range of impact practices.

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大学如何影响社会影响实践：学者对组织影响战略的意义

摘要 学术研究的社会影响已成为当代科学政策的核心问题。作为高等教育部门的主要参与者，大学在将政策转化为组织战略方面发挥着至关重要的作用，从而有可能影响学者的实践。本文调查了大学可能对学者的影响实践产生的影响。我们采用了一个分析框架，该框架结合了一种新的方法来研究大学影响策略、意义建构理论和对影响的文献的见解。我们的数据包括对在荷兰和英国四所大学工作的 16 位哲学家和人类学家的采访。我们发现，为了响应组织目标和人力资源管理政策，学者报告改变了他们的影响实践。我们呼吁大学负责任地利用他们的影响力，以实现广泛的影响力实践。